SEPTEMBER 10TH, 1935

SEPTEMBER 10TH, 1935

BELOVED BROTHER, — The “root” idea being connected with Jesse, meaning “Jah exists”, leads me to conclude that Jesse as a type represents the faithfulness of God. Righteousness as applied to God in the Old Testament seems to be used in the sense of faithfulness, corresponding with Peter’s use of it in 2 Peter 1: 1. It is indeed the root of all blessing for men, and, if blessing comes on the ground of what God is in His immutable faithfulness, Israel has no exclusive claim to it. It becomes a banner of the peoples, and the nations seek it. Hence the apostle quotes Isaiah 11 as showing that in bringing in Christ God had, in the prophetic word, the Gentiles in view. God’s righteousness, when manifested, is towards all because He is God of all, not of Jews only....

With much love in the Lord,

Yours affectionately in Him,

September 10th, 1935.